So every February comes around and stores get puked on by Valentine’s Day cards and chocolates and everyone starts talking about what they want from their special someone and those of us singles are left waiting for the chocolate to go on sale on the 15th. This year I did something different. I bought myself a Valentine’s Day present. 

Why not love me! Through this journey I have been on I have found a love for myself I never thought I could. I have started to put myself first. I have started to give to me before others and I have tried to stand or sit in front of a mirror every day and not critic my body but find something I love about it. 

We can all sit there and say we want to lose weight here. We wish we didn’t have stretch marks there. We wish are arms were bigger or we were tanner or had less freckles or our hair was longer the list could go on and on and on. Why not say I love that my legs are looking better than ever before. I love my smile. I love that the scar on my leg reminds me I have come so far. Why not love yourself welll in my opinion it is mostly because society says we don’t fit into the tiny tiny box they want us females to fit it. Maybe you males feel the same way I am sure you do but I can only speak for females. Well I can only really speak for myself but I’ll give you a prime example. 

This weekend was super Bowl and Lady Gaga put on a wicked show. I was impressed with the music the theatrics the lights everything she really did it all! But what does the media do…instead of speaking of the performance they speak of her stomach and how it wasn’t perfectly flat and she had some flab. Who the f cares. I personally sat there and said I love how she is rocking that outfit without abs. She was confident and proud and put on an amazing show. Why isn’t that the headline. 

I saw someone mention today on Facebook how the fitness industry has really not helped the matter because they post pictures of stage ready or the perfect lighting. What we don’t see is the 100s of pictures that get deleted or in some people’s cases the picture before the edits. 

Whyyy? 

I ask myself this on a daily especially when I find my self taking pictures deleting them and taking them again or using the “pretty filter” on snap chat. Whyyyyyy? 

For all those of you or there thinking you aren’t pretty enough. Your thighs touch. You are to fat. Stop! You are a piece of work. We can’t all be perfect. As long as each day you are working to love yourself and be a better human being then that is all you can do. Nothing in life is easy. If it was we would all be perfect. But when you achieve something you worked sooo hard for I promise it will be the best moment of your life!!!!